Music Mondays 5-Unusual Music for the Adventurous

Last playlist I unintentionally took a route down the pathway of songs that pretty much everyone knows.  I never really know where a playlist is going to go when I start it one song kinda just leads the next and before you know it the playlist kinda forms itself and how it flows together.

Anyways today I wanna pick some songs that are, well not your typical song that you would hear on the radio and that is for one classic reason..most of them are not in English.  Now if you are from one of these countries where these languages are spoken or you yourself speak these languages then I'm sure it may be a different story but these aren't things that you would typically hear on the radio in the United States.

Now let me start off by saying there are probably a few of you out there who are like songs in a different language that I don't speak? Yeah, I'll pass and there was a point in time where I totally thought that too but then I found the first song on the list and it kinda went from there. I know that this list is going to be shorter then some of the other ones but hopefully you won't mind

The first song on my list is the song Kveikur (not to be confused by their album of the same name) by Sigur Rós.  Its kinda a heavy sounding song which with this band I am totally into.  This was the first song, or one of the first songs, that I heard by them and to this day it is my favorite.

Sticking with Sigur Rós the next song is one that I found not that long ago from the comments on a Kveikur video.  Now one thing about this song is everyone seems to know it from The Walking Dead or Assassin's Creed.  Disclaimer I do watch The Walking Dead but I honestly have no memory of it being in the show and I don't play Assassin's Creed so I don't know about that either!.

Next on the list we are going to drop to something lighter and go with La Vent Du Nord.  They are a Quebec band and last year I got to see them live! I'm suggesting the song Tour à Bois.

Next up is Andro by Faun.  The bagpipes are seriously what made me fall in love with this song, also shout out to one of my friends that listens to Faun and is the reason that I looked them up!!

Thats all for today hope you enjoyed!

XOXO
Elizabeth 

Music Mondays 4-Playlist for the Mundane

Hello and happy Monday. 

While I'm sure most of you are not too happy that its Monday heres a little something that might cheer you up!

*drumroll please*

It is time for another Music Monday!

*insert canned applause and pre recorded yays!*

Today I thought that I would give you something a little different recent and that is songs that I have been loving to listen to during the mundane walking across campus and hanging out in the darkroom by yourself (which is a perfect opportunity for a dance party? maybe y/n? I'll get back to you on that one)

Basically I put my Pandora stations on shuffle and also picked out some of my current favorites and here is what I have gotten so far:

I am loving loving loving The Hills by The Weekend, although I know the second it become over played and over done I'm going to hate it. It happens every time, I mean its what happened to Cant Feel My Face

Throw Back Alanis Morissette.  Holy crap I can not even begin to tell you how much I used to love her and then somehow I kinda got out of listening to her I don't know why.  Shout out to Meghan Hughes(missmeghanmakeup on YouTube) who put Hand in My Pocket in her lasted mixtape video, which reminded me to go listen to her and also my Pandora shuffle that seemed to know that that was what I was wanting to go listen to her when You Outta Know showed up a day or so later!

*Random side note by I feel like sometimes I listen to so many people and that there are so many great artists out there that I kinda tend to forget some people sometimes and I really really really don't mean to so I'm sorry*

Another song that Meghan Hughes brought back to me is another song that I used to love which is Breathe by Anna Nalick.  Please tell me I am not the only person that used to love to sing this song(and still do).

A few months ago (like 7 or something) me and my band did a cover of what I believe to be a classic the Nirvana song Come As You Are and its kinda been on and off in my head ever since so I figured it would go great in this. Plus with Alanis and Anna Nalick in this I already seem to be going for the 90's vide which was not at all what I was planning on doing.  Whoops sorry, but actually not really cause who am I kidding the 90's had some great music.

Alright guys its time to throw it back even farther to the...70's.  Over the summer when I was on a road trip throughout Arizona one of the places that we stopped was Winslow, Arizona and I think that that is explanation enough for this next song. "Standing on the corner out in Winslow, Arizona" Take it Easy by The Eagles, and yes, I stood on the corner in Winslow, Arizona. 

And since we have The Eagles already above lets just go in and throw in Hotel California cause why not?!

And from there where else can you go but to Bohemian Rhapsody?! The answer is no where else.  By the way this song is so much fun to rock out with in the car.  No you haven't done that before? Well you totally should, for a rocking out session the beginning starts out a little slow but then around the halfway mark is when it kicks in(3.07 mark is you wanna skip which I WOULD NOT recommend).  

Since I don't wanna bore you with a book I will leave you with this hilarious clip from Wayne's World and Bohemian Rhapsody;)

Who knows maybe that clip brightened up your Monday!!

XOXO

Elizabeth 

Music Monday's 3

Let's start off by not talking about how long it has been since the last time I did one of these posts cause we all know that it was forever ago.

Now that we got that out of the way lets talk about the point of this post. 

Recently I was on Facebook and came across a video of three girls singing, playing a cello and a drum and they were good.  The video had been taken from their youtube and didn't say who they were but a quick trip into the comments and I found them in no time at all. Below is the video that I first saw of theirs.

I seriously fell in love (and no this isn't a promo I just seriously was very impress).

I also like their cover of Can't Hold Us along with pretty much everything else so check them out.  If for some reason the video doesn't work their name is L.E.J and you can check them out on the YouTubes.

Happy Monday

XOXO

Elizabeth 

P.S. maybe I'll get back into recommending music on Mondays? I'll have to see;)

Music Mondays Chapter 2

 A little while go a friend of mine suggested that I try listening to this band that she liked, The Civil Wars.  I took a listen and it turned out that I loved them.  Then I fell even more in love when one of their songs, The One That Got Away, played on the season premier of Ravenswood.  Their songs all sound different and they are one of those bands where every song is just as good as the last one you listened to.  My current favorite by them is The One That Got Away.  They are also great if you are like me and like to learn how to play the song on the guitar. 

Anyways I hope you check them out!

Enjoy!

XOXO

Elizabeth

Music Mondays~Chapter 1

So I decided to do something new.

On Mondays (not every Monday but most) I am going to have a "Music Monday" post.  It will always have to do with music but it will rang from song suggestions to play on the guitar or piano, to favorite songs, to playlists.

Hope you enjoy:)

 Song suggestion for the piano: 

Christina Perri-Jar of Hearts

I know its not a new song or anything but its oh so fun to play

Song suggestion for the guitar:

Lana Del Rey-Blue Jeans

Song Suggestion for the week:

Lorde-Team

Yes, I'm kinda sorta most definitely in love with her

Enjoy:)

XOXO

Elizabeth